Brooksville News

Montreal, Quebec, Canada - When one thinks of the state of Maine in the USA one thinks of shipbuilding, fishing and the sea.

BAR HARBOR : Two local reader dog program volunteers are making and selling dog-themed note cards and a oepuppy pailsa to raise money to buy books for children who participate in the reader dog programs in area schools and libraries.

A group of town residents will be looking for answers regarding the proposed $23 million cleanup at the former Callahan mine site later this week, and they want to make sure that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency allows enough time for them to get those answers.

Fried Foods and Rolls: Red's Eats, Wiscasset: Excellent fried clams . Excellent fried dough.

HARBORSIDE : The Good Life Center at Forest Farm, the homestead of back-to-the-landers Helen and Scott Nearing, is open to visitors from June 21 through Labor Day on Thursday to Monday from 1 to 4 p.m. The center is located at 372 Harborside Road in Harborside, overlooking Spirit Cove on the Cape Rosier peninsula.

Despite a soft misty drizzle, the clack of the mallet hitting the balls was crisp Sunday afternoon at the Woodlawn Museum's championship croquet match.

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EPA will hold a public informational meeting on Thursday, July 9th, at 7:00 p.m. at 1 Town House Rd, Brooksville ME, in the Brooksville Public Service Building Meeting Room to discuss the Proposed Plan for the Callahan Mine Superfund Site in Brooksville, ME.

There's a new general store in town. But it's a very old store. The Penobscot Historical Society is busy adding the final touches to its restoration of the building which was built sometime around 1841 and served as a general store and post office for a number of years.

The Environmental Protection Agency will present a preliminary cleanup plan next week that calls for spending an estimated $23 million to deposit contaminated sediment and waste rock underwater in the former mine pit at the site.

Bagaduce Lunch is noted as an American Classic by the James Beard Foundation. Travel and Leisure has named the Ten Tastiest Lobster Shacks in Maine.

It was just another busy June afternoon last year at Bagaduce Lunch in Brooksville, ME - lobsters steaming, butter melting, lines stretching around the no-frills riverside building - when the letter arrived.

BELFAST : Artists and author Robert Shetterly of Brooksville will be the special guest speaker at the seventh annual Festival of Arts, presented by the Senior College at the University of Maine's Hutchinson Center.

The BBC's team in Washington has been keeping a diary to monitor developments during US President Barack Obama's first 100 days in office.

CAMDEN : David Coomer of SolarMarine will give a presentation on alternative energy systems at Merryspring Nature Center in Camden on Tuesday, May 5 at noon.

"I remember county fairs as a kid.. and the rides were fun but not why my family went.

"Duh!" Teens linked to burglary, criminal mischief BROOKSVILLE, Maine - A Deer Isle man is facing criminal charges after getting in trouble with police twice in less than 24 hours.

EPA sets update on mine cleanup Brooksville site high in lead, copper BROOKSVILLE, Maine - The southern section of Goose Pond at the former Callahan Mine site will be a likely candidate for a federal Superfund cleanup project when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency presents it final remedial investigation report next week in Brooksville.

Wood Island, near Biddeford Pool, has been the scene of murder, illegal liquor distribution and countless shipwrecks during the last 200 years.

WALDOBORO : Award winning author Linda Tatelbaum of Appleton will speak 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, at Waldoboro Public Library, Main Street/Route 220.